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Peisey/Vallandry, France

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Peisey/Vallandry, in France (in the Savoie region and part of the Paradiski area) is a large resort with 15 lifts (6 chair lifts, 8 surface lifts) that offers skiers an incredible 1100 metres (3610 feet) of vertical descent. Peisey/Vallandry has 1715 acres of terrain over 23 pistes. Peisey/Vallandry is best suited to intermediate skiers and snowboarders with some terrain for beginners but little of interest for advanced skiers. There are 43 kilometers (27 miles) of cross country ski trails at Peisey/Vallandry. For snowboarders, there is a terrain park and a half pipe. The nearest airport is at Geneva and the nearest train station to Peisey/Vallandry is at Landry. There is accommodation located close to the pistes but we would welcome additional information about any hotels or chalets in Peisey/Vallandry.

Resorts close to Peisey/Vallandry include: Les Coches (4 km), Montchavin/Les Coches (4 km), La Plagne (6 km), Les Arcs (6 km), Villaroger (10 km),

	Trails (Pistes): 23	Halfpipes: 1
	Summit: 2401 m	Toplift: m
	Beg: 15% Int: 80% Adv: 5%	Terrain Parks: 1
	Vertical Drop: 1100 m	X-Country: 43 km
	Lifts: 15 (6 chair lifts, 8 surface lifts)	Snowmaking: -
	Gondolas / Cable Cars: 1	Slopeside accom.: Y
	Restaurants: 26	Acres of ski: 1715
	Bars: -	Nearest Airport: Geneva
	Nearest Train: Landry	Info phone : +3347979428 \| Peisey/Vallandry Resort Info Website

Visitor Reviews of Peisey/Vallandry

Pollski from UNITED KINGDOM writes:

Vallandry is brilliant - a small resort at 1600 with excellent connections to Les Arcs and La Plagne. Because the resort is at tree level, there are magical tree lined red and blue runs straight back into the resort.

The skiing was great, lots of variation and very easy to get from one part to another - the lifts were excellent. You've got red moguls, black moguls, blue 'road' runs through the forests, red runs through the forests, off piste through the trees, snow parks ... you name it this place has it. You'll certainly be spoiled !!! The snow quality was good when we were there (New Year 04/05) but the place was screaming for new snow when we left. My skis were waxed and edged mid week and they need to go in for a waxing before my next trip in 5 weeks time - there is only so much the piste bashers can do to cover the rocks. In fact the red runs into the resort were being closed half day because of the depreciation of snow due to the warm weather and traffic.

Vallandry is right next to Peisey - you can get to Peisey by going to Le Grizzly chair and skiing down the run. Peisey has the double decker 2 minute cable car that joins the Les Arcs ski area with the La Plagne ski area to make it the Paradiski area. If I were to compare La Plagne with any ski area, I would compare it to Tigne/Val D'Isere - perfect for boarders as the off piste potential is huge. Loads of connecting chairlifts and you get the sun all morning. Only downside I found was that the runs to the bottom got very icy in the afternoon and the runs were wearing very thin by the end of the day.

The Les Arcs area is more mountainy - you go over a hill and then you're faced with more pistes, and so on and so forth - Russian Doll syndrome.

If you're an intermediate I would whole heartedly recommend Vallandry / La Plagne. You'll be spoiled and then spoiled some more.

An excellent restaurant for solid, cheesy lard -filled meals is La Caleche - a small family run French restaurant. For something a little more special, go to La Dalu - TRUELY EXCELLENT.

Apart from that, there isn't that much to do apres ski apart from going to the Mont Blanc Bar which has a great atmos (and mean big breakfast for 7 euros) - but be warned - it can get very messy in there!

Enjoy !

2005-01-05

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